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Happiness by The Beloved
Happiness is an album by The Beloved, released in 1990. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Hello”, on 5 lists with a best position of #66.
Happiness, the Beloved's first proper studio album, came out on East West in February 1990, with Atlantic taking it to America a month later, and it's the sound of a band shedding its skin. Three years earlier the old four-piece had slimmed down to a duo, Jon Marsh and Steve Waddington, who ditched their New Order-ish post-punk and threw themselves at London's late-night rave scene and the house music coming out of Black America.
With Paul Staveley O'Duffy and Martyn Phillips producing, they built one of the first records to marry house grooves to proper pop songs: sunny, loved-up and wide-eyed, a perfect fit for the Second Summer of Love. "Hello" bounces along on sheer good cheer and gave them their first real hit, while the ambient drift of "The Sun Rising" became their breakthrough. The critics swooned, and plenty of year-end lists found room for it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Happiness on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hello | 5 | #66 | – | 1990–1991 | |
| 2 | Time After Time | 1 | #337 | – | 1991 | |
| 3 | Time After Time (Muffin Mix) | 1 | #54 | – | 1990 | |
| 4 | Your Love Takes Me Higher | 1 | #870 | – | 1991 | |
| 5 | The Sun Rising | 1 | #886 | – | 1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.